CATH Domain 3vv8A02

CATH Classification

Level	CATH Code	Description
	2	Mainly Beta
	2.40	Beta Barrel
	2.40.70	Cathepsin D, subunit A; domain 1
	2.40.70.10	Acid Proteases

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily	Acid Proteases
Functional Family	Beta-secretase 1

Enzyme Information

3.4.23.46

Memapsin 2.

based on mapping to UniProt P56817

Broad endopeptidase specificity. Cleaves Glu-Val-Asn-Leu-|-Asp-Ala-Glu- Phe in the Swedish variant of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein.

-!- Suggested to be the major 'beta-secretase' responsible for the cleavage of the beta-amyloid precursor protein to form the amyloidogenic beta-peptide that is implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. -!- Belongs to peptidase family A1.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P56817

BACE1_HUMAN

Homo sapiens

Beta-secretase 1

PDB Structure

PDB	3VV8
External Links	PDBSum Proteopedia
Method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation	Conformational restriction approach to beta-secretase (BACE1) inhibitors: effect of a cyclopropane ring to induce an alternative binding mode. Yonezawa, S., Yamamoto, T., Yamakawa, H., Muto, C., Hosono, M., Hattori, K., Higashino, K., Yutsudo, T., Iwamoto, H., Kondo, Y., Sakagami, M., Togame, H., Tanaka, Y., Nakano, T., Takemoto, H., Arisawa, M., Shuto, S. J.Med.Chem.